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Citrus: sweet and sour by Malcolm W. Campbell BA, MAIH, MIPPS.

Acknowledgements

The following have assisted Malcolm with information in compiling this publication and these citrus propagators are known as reputable suppliers of healthy citrus plants.

Wayne and Sue Parr proprietors of the Citrus Nursery, on the Bruce Highway, Torbanlea Qld, PO Box 281 Torbanlea Qld 4662, phone (07) 4129 4147 fax (07) 4129 4463. They produce an eight page catalogue of selected citrus trees.

Ivar Caudle, Caudle's (Wholesale) Citrus Nursery Pty Ltd, 1 Hollins Street, Old Noarlunga, PO Box 47 Old Noarlunga SA 5168, ph/fax (08) 8386 2627, inspection by appointment only. They produce a one page stock list of citrus suited to the Mediterranean climate and soils.

Peter Young, Blackwood Nursery, 71-83 Blackall Range Road, Nambour Qld, 4560, phone (07) 5442 1611, fax (07) 5442 1053. Peter carries a wide range of tropical fruits and produces a 14 page wholesale pricelist. He also has a good reference collection of sub tropical citrus growing on his property.

Chris Nathanael, Tropiculture Australia, 110 Horne Road, Bees Creek NT, PO Box 521 Humpty Doo NT 0836, & (08) 8988 1119 fax (08) 8988 2332. Chris grows a huge variety of tropical fruits including tropical citrus cultivars for export.

Ian S. Tolley O.A.M. is a local and International Citrus Consultant and Noëlle C. Tolley processes a lot of citrus product for gourmet users in Sydney and Melbourne. Tolley's Nurseries Pty Ltd, PO Box 2, Renmark SA 5341, phone (08) 8595 1383, fax (08) 8595 1780.

Bob & Geoff Poulters' Citrus Trees Nursery, Elder Street, Heatherton Vic. 3202, phone (03) 9551 2597.

Luigi Bizzani is a West Australian apple, olive and citrus propagator, RMB 44, West Manjimup, WA 6258, phone (08) 9772 1207, who grows for the western citrus market.

Peter Cundall, ABC-TV's national Gardening Australia presenter in Tasmania informs me that they import all of their citrus from the mainland, but there is a good variety of the cool-tolerant cultivars available from most retail outlets.

Elwyn Swane, Swane's Nursery 490 Galston Road Dural, NSW 2158, phone (02) 9651 1322 fax (02) 9651 2146. A general retail nursery well known for their Roses, but with an excellent range of local citrus cultivars well suited to Sydney, Griffith NSW and the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Areas.